Rationalizing an investment in a facility's infrastructure can be a difficult prospect for any plant engineer or technician, often requiring extensive justification. Investments that are deemed ...

A three-phase power meter is more than a few DMMs and some duct tape. Portable power analyzers are not a one-size-fits-all commodity product. They come in many different shapes and sizes with a wide ...

Guest columnist Christopher Gobok, product marketing engineer at Linear Technology believes that accurate power supply voltage and current monitoring is crucial to conserving power and guaranteeing ...

Power supply systems play a crucial role in most electronic devices. Most applications use analog techniques for power supply environments that go back to early designs that relied mostly on ...

The MotorSaver® 455 three-phase voltage monitor is equipped with infrared technology to communicate with the Informer-MS handheld diagnostic tool, both by SymCom, to display MotorSaver data to assist ...

Many utilities have experienced how labor intensive it is to retrieve and compare power quality (PQ) data from numerous devices and systems, no matter the infrastructure in place. Delays and ...

This AC Power Monitor continuously watches the AC power line voltage for both under-voltage and missing cycles. When it detects a total of 5 or 6 consecutive missing half-cycles (50mS, 50/60HZ), it ...

They allow drivers of fancy cars to voice-activate an engine, much to the amazement of jaw-dropped observers. In the power industry, remote controls make life more than just a little simpler. Remote ...

Early detection of increased temperatures helps avoid power distribution asset-related failures and unplanned shutdowns. Wireless technologies make implementing this predictive maintenance solution ...

In today’s boats, electric power rivals the importance of engine horsepower. Even the electronic control unit on today’s marine engines—that brain that makes outboards and inboards do what we want ...